Tag Archives: Quentin Tarantino

the sour mashers

Water of life. … Tested with a glowing splint under favorable conditions, the breath of a habitual whisky drinker will light with a pop and burn with a blue flame; it will also discolor paint, shrivel foliage, rot delicate fabrics, … Continue reading

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boys will be boys: disavowal of the man

Certainly, there are a lot of nightmarish, threatening and hostile aspects to our modern living condition. This is counteracted by an equal perceptive impulse to promote and believe in a sanitized and make-believe view of the world. In fact, both … Continue reading

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An Oscar for the “male gaze”

Since the first biblical patriarchs wandered out of Babylonia to the Egyptian Pharoahs and through the Greek theatre of Aristophanes to modern Hollywood, the male hero has been the center of the universe. Copernicus proved “man” was not the center … Continue reading

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MEMES IN OUR GENES

In the digital age its becoming of becoming of greater importance to understand  the idea of “meme” — a unit of cultural information. The concept has been neatly expressed  in Henry Jenkins’s white paper, If It Doesn’t Spread, It’s Dead. … Continue reading

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WRESTLING WITH THE AESTHETIC OF VIOLENCE

Masculinity in crisis as a black or absurd comedy.  Society’s always seems to rejoice in a misplaced misplaced judgment that portrays violence as a reality principle, perhaps reflecting the influence of Quentin Tarantino. A video of a Halifax, Canada area … Continue reading

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MOUSE TRAPS & REALITY FLAPS

”I’m sometimes frightened when I watch his films. Frightened because of some absolute perfection in what he does. This man seems to know not only the magic of all technical means, but also all the most secret strands of human … Continue reading

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Don't Kill Me, I'm With Stupid

”The pathological and cyclical nature of violent behaviour”.  Little one-eyed bunnies with kalishnikovs and other weapons of group destruction attempting to liquidate each other, vigilante style. Unhinged citizens, mad as hell and taking it out on each other,a gang that … Continue reading

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